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Castle Hill and Unionport

Castle Hill and Unionport sit in the southeast Bronx between White Plains Road and Westchester Creek, with Unionport generally north of Lafayette Avenue. Housing is a mix: PLUTO data counts about 13,800 residential units here, roughly 31% in one- and two-family houses, 26% in walk-ups and 38% in elevator buildings, and about 2,600 of the area's 3,700 tax lots hold one- or two-family homes. The neighborhood includes NYCHA's Castle Hill Houses, 14 buildings of 12 to 20 stories completed in 1960, and the Mitchell-Lama Jamie Towers. White Plains Road, Castle Hill Avenue and Westchester Avenue are the main shopping streets. The 6 train runs along Westchester Avenue, with the Parkchester stop on the area's edge and Castle Hill Av just outside.

Castle Hill and Unionport has 12,219 open HPD housing violations, 2,656 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,068 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 24th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
12,219
2,656 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,068
1,157 Class C · 28th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,656 · 22%Class B5,826 · 48%Class A3,737 · 31%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous1,157
  • Class B · hazardous1,653
  • Class A · non-hazardous928

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • Subway: 6 at Parkchester; Castle Hill Av (6) just outside the boundary
  • About 31% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • NYCHA's Castle Hill Houses: 14 buildings, 2,025 apartments, completed 1960
  • Main commercial corridors: White Plains Road, Castle Hill Avenue, Westchester Avenue
  • The Bruckner Expressway (I-278) runs through the area

Before you rent or buy here

Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Castle Hill Houses, Jamie Towers and commercial corridors from Wikipedia. Housing figures computed from PLUTO 26v2 residential units, with lots assigned to this NTA through 2020 census tracts (NYC Planning tract-to-NTA codes); building type uses PLUTO building class (C = walk-up, D = elevator, A/B = one- and two-family). Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates against the 2020 NTA boundary (data.cityofnewyork.us 9nt8-h7nd); 'just outside' means within about 150 m of the edge. Re-verified 2026-10-12: recomputed every PLUTO 26v2 share from the raw lots (2020 tract-to-NTA codes from data.cityofnewyork.us 63ge-mke6) and re-ran the station point-in-polygon test against the 2020 NTA file. Corrected Castle Hill Houses from '1953, 27 buildings' (Wikipedia, internally inconsistent) to 14 residential buildings, 12-20 stories, 2,025 apartments, completed 1960 per the NYCHA Development Data Book. Jamie Towers lot (633 Olmstead Ave) confirmed in this NTA in PLUTO.

Sources

  1. Castle Hill, Bronx (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. NYCHA Development Data Book · New York City Housing Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.